Biomass Burning

With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a

A new study released on Thursday titled "Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India" has found that residential biomass burning or use of solid fuels inside homes followed by

Question raised in Lok Sabha on States Affected by Air Pollution, 15/12/2017. The Government has notified National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) which lays the norms for air pollutants in the Country.

<p>Residential solid biomass cookstoves are important sources of aerosol emissions in India. Cookstove emissions rates are largely based on laboratory experiments conducted using the standard water-boiling

<p>The 2015 smoke haze episode was one of the most severe and prolonged transboundary air pollution events ever seen in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting the air quality of several countries within the region

<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India &amp; Others dated 09/11/2017 regarding the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR. National Green Tribunal

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked for names and details of all power houses in NCR — conventional, biomass-based, or any other — which can use crop residue for energy generation to be submitted